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Challenge: The Great Pumpkin Carving Challenge II (Basic Editing) Camera: Canon EOS-50D Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Location: Madison, WI Date: Nov 1, 2011 Aperture: 2.8 ISO: 100 Shutter: 25 Galleries: Humorous, Still Life Date Uploaded: Nov 1, 2011
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[Nov. 2nd, 2011 03:30:37 AM]
An extreme last minute entry with this. I carved the pumpkin late on Oct 30th. My wife and I were taking turns holding a crying baby, so no chance for photos. The evening of the 31st came around, with trick-or-treaters, and more crying baby, so no chance for photos, Then the night of the 1st, and once again a crying baby. But he stopped about 90 minutes before rollover, so I grabbed the pumpkin and the camera and got to work.
The light coming from nearby street lamp provided some interesting illumination. I setup the pumpkin (which I actually thought was level) next to this small tree, lit the candle, and set the camera for a 25 second photo. After maybe 0.5 seconds, I put a piece of black plastic in front of the lens, blew out the candle, and let the exposure finish.
I learned on major lesson from this setup: use a flashlight to focus on the skin of the pumpkin. Instead I focused on the edge of an eye with the candle lit, which is ok, but not great. Luckily, at only 800 px on a side, and sharpening capabilities, I was able to get it to look better than it does at full resolution.
Post Processing:
* Straighten
* Decrease exposure
* Increase recovery
* Increase Definition
* Increase contrast
* Export as Tiff
* Resize
* Sharpen Edges
* Save as JPEG |
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